Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 7, 1924, Page 5

VETERAN ALEXANDER SHOWS OLD TIME FORM AGAINST WICHITA Cubs Turn Over Several Players To Minors— Admiring Crowd at Nashville Puts End to Game With Score Tied TRAINING CAMPS, April 7.—Grover Cleveland Alex- ander, holder of the world’s record for control, gave his aged arm a strenuous four-inning workout yesterday against the Wichita Falls, Texas Leaguers, and in pitch- ing not more than twenty balls to the twelve batters, was touched for only one scratch hit. Just after the Cubs won the game, Manager Killefer turned over to the Wichita Falls Club Out- fielder Marty Callaghan, Inflelder Pete Turgeon and Pitcher Bob Os- born. Ralph Michaels, e promising shortstop was added to the Cubs’ roster in return. He batted .264 with Nashville in the Southern Aa- sociation last season, ‘The Chicago White Sox sent a pair of left handers—Roy Moore 9nd Mike Cvengros against the Chatta- nooga Southern Association club, and although they won, neither twirler displayed major league ability. An admiring crowd gathered around Ruth's position in the out- field causing Umpire Rowland to call the game between the Dodgers and the Yankees at Nashville in e ninth inning with the score tied. The crowd so interferred with Ruth in the outfield that he moved over to first base. When the Yankees took- their turn at bat in the first half of the tenth inning the crowd swarme4 around the players’ bench and fur- ther play was impossible. Johnny Jones, Pacific coast leaguer, who made hig debut for the Dodgers at Short, put in a fine day in fielding and topped off his work with two doubles and a triple. Travis Jackson, Manager Mc- Graw's sensational short stop, and Bill_Terry, the former Toldedoan, who is understudying George Kelly at first base, played star roles In the Giants’ victory over Memphis. Jack- son fielded sensationally and Terry ¢louted a home run. Big Jim Edwards was sent the full route against the New Orloans club and the Cleveland Indians put across a victory. Speaker's ‘tribe * went on a batting rampage, gnther- ing 18 hits, including three doubles, two by George Burns recently ac- quired from the Boston Red Sox. They also bagged two triples !n the collection. -The Detroit Tigers.broke camp at Augusta, Georgia, last night and to- day were booked for a double header with the Cincinnati! Reds, giving Sport Calendar Today’s Calendar of Sports Racing Meeting -of Southern Maryland Agricultural Assoolation, at Bowle. Meeting of Tiajuana Jockey Club, at Tiajuana. Bowling: World's candlepin bowling tourna- ment opens at Boston. _ Tennis National amateur court tennis championships begin at New York. Golf United North and South amateur championship, at Pinehurst. 2 California women's championship opens at Los Angeles. Boxing Paul Berlenbach vs, Jack Stone, 10 rounds, at Buffalo. Mike Burke vs. Tony Stabenan, 10 rounds, at Buffalo. Buddy Taylor vs. Al Pettingill, rounds, at Indianapolis Jimmy Jones vs. Dave Shade, rounds, at Cincinnat!, Rockey Smith vs. Joey Hicks, rounds at Coaldale, Pa. Pat Mills va. Joe Reno, 12 rounds at Portland Me. 10 10 10 ‘| too phiegmatic. Cobb's men their first chance against a major league club this season. The morning game will be Played within the walls of the fed- eral penitentiary. Yesterday's Results: ‘White Sox 13; Chattanooga 8. Cubs 7; Wichita Falls 3. Pirates 7; Kansas City 1. Browns 11; Dallas 5. Gtants 4; Memphis 2. Cleveland Indians 9; New Orleans 2. Boston Red Sox 11; Shreveportgo. Cincinnati 5; St. Augustine 1. Yankees 8; Brooklyn 8. (called ninth) anh Bince 13: the Grand National has ranked as the principal steeple- chase that is run in England. As to the merits of the horses that are successful, or that syproach suc- cess, in this’ event, no sort of doubt can exist. “Liverpoo! horses, as they are called, must possess ex- traordinary stainina; they must have been perfect!y schooled; courage is An essential and they must be at the very perfection of fitne So, too, with the jockeys, amateur and pro- fessional, who ride. It takes a bold and skillful horseman to cover the four miles and a half over thirty fences, and he, too, must have heart and muscle in the right place, or there is little hope of his completing the long journey. SPORT BRIEFS IOWA CITY, Iowa—Burt B. Swerson, first assistant varsity coach at Ilinols, was elected head football coach of the University of Iowa for three years. LOS ANGELES—Earl Wilson, automobile racing driver, was fat- ally injured when his car crashed into the fence at Ascot Speedway, dying before an operation to save his Ufe could be performed, BAN DIBGO, Calif—I, B. Hum- phrien’ Little Chief won the Coffroth consolation handicap, clipping 2-5 seconds from the track record for one and @ quarter miles. ST. LOUIS.—The St. Louls Na tionals unconditionally released the veteran Fred Toney. GOLF LINKS TO BE REVAMPED Work in preparing the Community Golf links for the season was start ed this morning under the direction of Alex McCafferty who is in charge of the course this summer, Mr. McCafferty states that it will be about two weeks before the links are ready for playin ws Sit cs LS EERE The old yip that college sports in- terfere with scholastic success has been given a black eye by Dart- mouth College records just made public. The statement shows that the captains of the green baseball and baseball teams both made per- fect records in their class-room work during the first semester. Mickey Walker, the welterweight champion, has decided to remain out of the ring for some time to come, in consequence of the death of his old friend and manager, Jack Bul- ger. RES aed SEND IT TO THB PEARL WHITF LAUNDRY PHONE 1702 REDS LOOK LIKE REAL FACTOR IN 1924 LEAGUE PENNANT RACE BY JOHN B. FOSTER (Copyright 1924 The Casper Tribune) ~ORLANDO, Fla., April 7—The greatest improvement of this year’ Cincinnat! Reds over last year’ club is in the matter of confidence. Last year the Reds thought they had a chance to win the National League pennant, but they surround- ed their hopes with a lot of where- ases and buts. This year they are not afraid to come right 6ut and say they are going to lick the New York Giants, or whoever proves to be the main contender. This attitude is reflected in their work here at the training camp. One of the chief criticisms of the club last year was that its players were This year they are up and hustling. Maybe it’s because of high expect- tions of the season. Maybe they feel they owe it,to their new man- ager, Jack Hendricks. Maybe it’s because they think it's part of their wisdom to hustle for Hendricks— thet non-hustlers might get sent home or reprimanded. But what- ever they be—there is no doubt that the Reds ‘have unusual pug- nacity and pep this spring. Gerry Hermann, who ts with the team figures that Louis: has always been a Jonah to the Reds and Pittsburgh hasn't been much better. Every- thing points to the Reds going after these jinx early in the season, be- fore the Westerners have a chance to wake up. If they can do that, their chance to land at the top of the heap will be much improved, Hermann reasons. Jake Daubert {s much fitter to start the season than he was last year, Then he was just recovering from pneumenia and his batting av- erage went down like a sinker in His good batting so much for the easons was sorely His average in 1923 was Had it been up around missed. only .292. 325, he says—which would mean about forty more hits—Cincinnatt! would have made a lot of needed rung. If Daubert and Burns both can get around .300, where they nor mally belong, the Reds will be much better run getters than they were the last three years. Their weak- ness has been a big sag in run get- ting. power when runs were badly needed. Some thought Pat Moran sacrificed the team to defeat. Pat was a@ great believer in the old army game, as Connie Mack has always been. Rousch may hit better this year. He didn’t do as well last year as he has in some other seasons. He al- ways has been handicapped by his spring arguments over salary, which have kept him from reporting early. This year he reported early and has been working out in a good frame of mind. If Roush by any chance should lead the National league in batting, outstripping even the great Hornsby, and if Daubert and Burns both should come through around .300 they would carry the rest of the Reds with them. And they might ‘win the pennant for Cincinnati, for the Giants are not acting as if they were going to hit hard, The Reds will not leave here un- til they are forced to, Some of them wouldn't mind staying until time to open the season. This is not because they want to loaf, but because they are feeling fight in their veins and figure if they can car ry it along to Cincinnati they'll g0 whooping through the season, If Hendricks can get them’ start- ed that way and can keep them go- ing, feeding the old Cincinnati cyt- inders plenty of gas ail the time, the Reds may turn the corner in August leading the Giants, Instead of having the New York crowd up ahead making derisive gestures at Cincinnat! as the Reds toll behind them, purple in the face from ex- ertion and wrath Casper Daily Cridune “DONOHUE AND RIXEY, § STAR TWIRLERS F FOR ‘CINCINNATI, AND JOE ue oats REDS’ PROMISING RECRUIT These photographs were made while the Reds’ veterans were lim- jbering up and the rookies were etting their try-outs at Orlando, ‘a, At the left is Eppa Rixey. ‘ WEIGHT OF BALL) STILL ARGUED! AMONG GOLFERS). Debate Continues But| | Gets ‘Nowhere in Long Winded Discussion By WALTER CAMP (Copyright, 1924 Casper Tribune) NEW YORK, April 7.—The great debate over the proper size and weight of the standard golf ball atil! rages—and seems to get where. Jess Sweetser is one of the latest to enter the forum, with the state- tment that once a player gets used to the proposed lighter ball, “he wil) derive as much pleasure from the 220 yard drive as he does now out of a swat of 300 yards or there- abouts." Come on, all you 300-yard drivers, and see what fun it Is to hit the Proposed ball 220 yards. And the other 95 percent of the golfers may meekly hang thelr heads while their more powerful cousins talk in ward figures reminiscent of recent finan- celal conversations in Germany. Fore! Get out of the way and let the stars pass through over the course for which you pay nine tenths of the cost and upkeep! If you can’t smite the present ball at least 250 yards, you havo no righ’ to express any opinion, or to delay those mightly swatters in their career. Robert Edgren, the sports writer, says: “fhe U. 8. Golf Association has tested out golf balls of various Sizes and welghts to determine upon @ standard ball. The news reports gay that the test ‘has the approval’ the seasoned lettmncens At the right is Pete Donohue, a right- handed pitcher, who was one of Cincinnati's aces last season, and | * in the middle Joe Aulbach. Thir| recruit has done so well at Orlando that he is expected to take hi: regular turn in the pitcher's box. Bob may be @ bit severe on our ruling body, but he voices a general feeling that we should make our laws with a view to the great rank and file of players here, and not be led astray into the field of legisla- ting for the favored few who play the game more hours than they de- vote to the humdrum work of earn- ing a living. Not so many years ago, one could count on the fingers of one hand all the really formidable eight oared shell crews in the country. It's not that way any more. This coming rowing season looks like the best one in history. At least a dozen crews consider themselves good enough to enter the Olympic try- outs at which America’s representa- tives at the great international games will be picked. The entrants Rommell, the Philadelphia ye erioan League club's star pitcher and considered one of the best moundsmen in the game, ts shown here working hard at the Athletics’ spring training camp at Montgom- ery, Ala, Much 1s expected of him when Connie Mack's rejuvenated team starts its 1924 season. of the British golf authorities. That makes it all right. When our grand- dads drew up their Declaration of Independence they forgot to include golf. Britain still rules us there. Our golf authorities would not dare to shock dear old England by insist- ing upon any independent thought or ruling. to date include Yale, Harvard, Prin- ceton, Pennsylvai Syracuse, Washington, Duluth Union Boat Club, Bachelors Barge Club and West Philadelphia Boat Club. There will be several others, Americans will be more than us- ually interested in the Oxford-Cam- bridge boat race this year because of the fact that Mellen, an Ameri can, is again stroking the Oxford crew in a recent time trial rowed nearly a minute and a half faster than it did at the same stage of the season last year. As Oxford won last year, it looks bad for the Cam bridge chances. Tho light blue has only one man in its boat who rowed last year. Learning to kick a football from the ground instead of from a tee— an achievement made necessary by the changes in the rules—is proving one of the hardest jobs of the spring training season which now is under | way for most big college squads. The kicks are finding it most difficult to get the ball well up into the air, a0 | PAGE FIVE. First in News RENAULT GIVES PROMISE AMONG HEAVY FIGHTERS Big Canadian Has Ult- mate Hope of Win- ning Dempsey Title By FAIRPLAY (Copyright, 1924 Casper Tribune) NEW YORK, April 7.—In all the talk of heavyweights Jack Ranault, the splendid Canadian battler seems to have been overlooked. Here is a man who had the nerve to go up agninst George Godfrey, whom he defeated. Other heavies do not ap- pear desirous of attempting the feat Renault performed. At the same time Renault doesn’t want Harry Wills. Funny twists you get in this ring pastime. Renault, in fact, 1s Just now con- sidering two rather fair offers to go to England to meet a couple of Britishers, If he goes. Jack may tour France and then come home by Way of Cuba where bouts await. Renault employs the ~ Dempsey style of battling and is improving all the time. His ultimate aim ts to meet Dempsey for: his title. But evidently he is not going to stub his toes thru, haste, Yet at the same time, Renault, if he were really anxtous to stay here in this country this summer, could without doubt obtain a fight with Tommy Gibbons. Gibbons must be rather worred about getting tn-on the big outdoor stuff this gpmmer. Carpentier appears to have blown, so has Dempsey, and there 1s not much left except the winner of the Tunney-Carpentier battle. work. Address, as to give their runners time to get | 77 down the field, Despite his eighteen years as a big league pitcher, Walter Johnson ap- pears to be in the best fettle and should be able to do his full share in keeping the Washington senators in the pennant race. Of All Events And no keen insurance man would be willing to give Gibbons a policy protecting him against the failure of that match. This Jimmy Slattery boy of But- falo has a real promise. The way he stowed Fay Keiser away spelled class and now we know that Slat. tery’s lacing. of Stribling was some- thing of a real performance, Stories are that it is pretty hard to make Slattery train properly and he is just as likely as not to go up Against an Inferior fighter all out of shape. If this be true it may ruin a great champion prospect, Se The Philadelphia Nationals seem to have run true to form this year by losing the big majority of their exhibition games on the spring training trip. However, it is not always the team that shows up best in March practice that wins the pen- nant in October. Guard Against “Flu” With Mustercle Influenza, Grippe and Pneumonia usually start with a cold. The moment you get those warning aches, get busy with good old Musterole. Musterole is a counter-irritant that relieves congestion (which is what a cold really is) and stimulates circulation. 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